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With Fresh Market pulling out, Hurd keeps the seat belt buckled as he travels the retail lanes

Real estate developer Richard Hurd had the proverbial good news/bad news kind of day on Tuesday.


During the morning, a permit was pulled for construction of the Container Store at his Mills Crossing development in…
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Partnership lays out its D.C. lobbying agenda

The Greater Des Moines Partnership leads its annual lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., next week where it plans to promote advances in renewable chemicals, immigration, tax credits for alternative energy projects, health care and recreation…
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Legislature adjourns: Wrap of key business topics

  
The Iowa Legislature adjourned late Friday after passing a biorenewable chemical tax credit but failing to do more than status quo spending on water quality.


Now that the legislature has adjourned, here’s an at-a-glance…
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On The Move: Week of Feb. 22

Dave Caris Community Bankers of Iowa Hired as CEO dcaris@cbiaonline.org


Carla Deemer Saxton Hired as business development executive carla-deemer@saxtoninc.com


Corey Skadburg TMG Financial Services Promoted to director of credit and risk coreys@tmgfinancialservices.com


Angie Pedersen TMG…
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McLellan: Why less is more

In the wake of last couple columns, I’ve been receiving a lot of emails asking about this idea of how to define who your organization is, who you best serve and what you do for …

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The Elbert Files: Highways to nowhere

My father, who died in 1990, would be shocked at the state of 21st-century American infrastructure. 

Willis Elbert was a materials inspector for the Iowa Department of Transportation, where one of his jobs required him …

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A look at the leaders of Iowa’s three Medicaid modernization companies

The Iowa Department of Human Services last August announced the winning bidders for Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid modernization initiative. Here’s a look at the Iowa market leaders for the three companies that were selected. The …

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Creating synergy

One of the biggest concerns for companies is attracting and retaining talented employees in a nearly full-employment job market. It’s one of the reasons that Merit Resources Inc.’s recent strategic acquisition of Portico Staffing is …

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A Closer Look: Edd Soenke

Edd Soenke grew up around a drafting board and carried that childhood experience into a career in architecture. His father, Louis, was one-half of the Soenke & Wayland firm in Davenport. He also developed a …

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A good cocktail for M&As

Newly announced mergers and acquisitions, ranging from megadeals like the Dow Chemical Co.-DuPont Co. merger to local deals joining Iowa-based companies, made Iowa headlines throughout 2015. 

Among the deals were some big acquisitions by foreign-based …